Learning Objectives:
Following this course, the attendee should be able to:

Develop skills to manage patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis with an emphasis on decision making criteria that will enable the clinician to individualize therapy based upon disease type, extent, response to previous treatments, quality of life issues, and co-morbidities.

Recognize and diagnose challenging clinical cases and formulate appropriate evidence-based treatment of patients using the recently published six AAD evidence-based guideline of care for psoriasis, which includes best practices.

Address gaps in clinical knowledge and care.

Description:
The session will be helpful in expanding physician knowledge base and improving clinical confidence and effectiveness in treating patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The session will consist of six presentations with time available after each talk for interaction with the attendees. It will be structured in a question-and-answer format where case studies are discussed. To prepare participants, all attendees will be sent the AAD guidelines in advance so they have sufficient time to study before the session. A short survey will be conducted before and after the session, and follow-up survey will follow 6 months and a year later to gauge and evaluate if guidelines were easy to translate into daily clinical practice.
Studies have shown that high-quality guidelines can make important contributions to improving medical care.